Careers[SCOPE NOTE: For persons with disabilities only! Includes professions for which one trains, and which are undertaken as permanent callings; also includes career planning; for careers for able-bodied persons, use PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS]Related Terms: Education, Employment, Job descriptions, Job training techniques, Manpower, Placement, Professional occupations, Professional training, Projects with industry, Training programs, Vocational evaluation, Vocational trainingUse for: Occupational information

Caregivers[SCOPE NOTE: Non-professionals, often family members, who assist a person with an illness or disability; also, those who atted to a child or dependent adult. For professional caregivers, such as doctors, therapists,nurses, etc., use the appropriate professional terms.]Related Terms: Child care, Children, Family life, Home care, Older adults, Parents, Siblings, SpousesUse for: Caregiving, Family caregivers, Sandwich generation

Case reviews[SCOPE NOTE: Used to describe one particular set of documents; in general, CASE STUDIES is used]Related Terms: Case studies, Client records

Case studies[SCOPE NOTE: Analysis of the origin of individual and family problems, and methods used in counseling; individualized counseling methods which utilize cumulative records or other data such as medical, social, psychological, vocational data; histories which help to explain an individual, family, or group]Broader Terms: Counseling techniquesRelated Terms: Case reviews, Client characteristicsUse for: Casework

Child care[SCOPE NOTE: Supervision and responsibility for a child over a period of time, including feeding, clothing, and other aspects of daily care. Excludes DAY CARE, which is used for the care of people with disabilities away from home.]Related Terms: Caregivers, Children, Day care, Family life, Homemakers, Infants, Parents, Respite care

Circulatory system[SCOPE NOTE: System which moves blood through the vessels of the body via the pumping action of the heart]Related Terms: Cardiovascular functionUse for: Circulation, Circulatory diseases

Civic participation[SCOPE NOTE: Involvement with the activities and responsibilities of citizenship; CIRRIE term added April 2000]

Clinical psychology[SCOPE NOTE: Branch of psychology devoted to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of mental and behavior disorders; frequently clinical psychologists work in a medical setting with psychiatrists and other physicians, and usually have a Ph.D. and additional training in a clinical setting]Broader Terms: PsychologyRelated Terms: Counseling, Counseling psychology, Psychiatry

Coma[SCOPE NOTE: A state of acute brain failure resulting in unconsciousness for varying lengths of time, term added December 1994]Related Terms: Brain injuries

Communication[SCOPE NOTE: Process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior; includes professionals using communication interaction skills]Narrower terms: Speech, TelecommunicationsRelated Terms: Audiology, Communication devices, Communication skills, Language, Sign language

Community Based Rehabilitation[SCOPE NOTE: Rehabilitation services provided at home or accessed
in local clinics or outpatient facilities not typically located within a hospital; CIRRIE term added April 2000]

Community centers[SCOPE NOTE: Centers located in a community as opposed to institutional setting; includes activities centers and adult development centers; can refer to activities of specific centers]Broader Terms: FacilitiesRelated Terms: Community resources, Group homes, Halfway houses

Community living[SCOPE NOTE: Living in a community setting as opposed to living in an institution; includes transitional living and learning to function in a community]Related Terms: Daily living, Day care, Facilities, Group homes, Halfway houses, Housing, Independent living, Intellectual disabilities, Life care planning, Living facilities, Residential livingUse for: Residential programs

Community resources[SCOPE NOTE: Broad category which includes community programs, services, and alternatives; also includes local and municipal agencies and government programs; includes name and address listings of people, places, and things; see also more specific resources]Narrower terms: TransportationRelated Terms: Community centers, Federal agencies, Interagency relations, Mobile facilities, Municipal/regional agencies, Organizations, Social servicesUse for: Community services, Community supports, Natural supports

Consulting[SCOPE NOTE: Providing professional services to an agency's clients or staff, either upon request or on the basis of a prearranged schedule; consultants are not members of the staff of the agency; includes consultants]Related Terms: Management, Manpower, Personnel, Private sector rehabilitation

Continuing education[SCOPE NOTE: Includes educational programs designed to update the knowledge and skills, particularly professional skills; includes continuing education credit in a formal setting such as a university]Broader Terms: EducationRelated Terms: Adult education, Counselor education, Professional occupations, Professional training, Staff development, Training, Workshops

Contract procurement[SCOPE NOTE: Process of seeking and acquiring an agreement between an agency and a person, corporation, partnership, or agency to provide products or services; includes preparation of bids, product research or development, or other contracting procedures]Related Terms: Accounting, Budget, Contracts

Contracts[SCOPE NOTE: Agreements between two or more parties as established by law]Broader Terms: FundingRelated Terms: Contract procurement, Grants

Controls[SCOPE NOTE: Instruments for guiding, directing, or influencing the behavior of a system; methods or mechanisms by which a person operates a device]Narrower terms: Wheelchair controlsRelated Terms: Devices, Environmental control systems, RoboticsUse for: Interfaces, Switches

Counselor education[SCOPE NOTE: Formal education in a university setting for counselors; work toward a degree]Broader Terms: Education, Professional educationRelated Terms: Continuing education, Professional occupations, Professional training

Counselors[SCOPE NOTE: Individuals who provide professional guidance based on knowledge of human behavior and use of special interviewing skills to identify and achieve their goals; individuals who help people with disabilities to understand their problems, potentials, limitations, so that realistic rehabilitation
objectives can be mutually identified and available resources can
be used to obtain them]Broader Terms: Client counselor relations, Personnel, ProfessionalsRelated Terms: Certification, Counseling, Counseling effectiveness, Counseling techniques, Counselor attitudes, Health personnel, Medical personnelUse for: Rehabilitation counselors

Crime prevention[SCOPE NOTE: Includes preventing persons with disabilities from being criminally assaulted or taken advantage of because of their physical or mental limitations]Related Terms: Juvenile delinquency, Law enforcement, Public offenders, Safety

Curriculum[SCOPE NOTE: Courses offered by a school or a particular course of study; can be instructional or training-related; includes lesson plans]Related Terms: Education, Instructional materials, Training materials

Cybernetics[SCOPE NOTE: Science of communication and control in biological, electronic, and mechanical systems; includes analysis of feedback mechanisms which serve to govern or modify the actions of various systems]Related Terms: Bioengineering, Feedback, Robotics